Gingerbread Cookies

Yield: 2 to 3 dozen cookies, depending on size of cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups shortening
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 7 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups molasses
• 1/3 cup warm water
• 2 1/2 tablespoons ground ginger
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Instructions

1. Cream first five ingredients. Add remaining ingredients.
2. Chill for about one hour or until dough is of a consistency that can be worked.
3. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
4. Roll out dough to about 1/4 inch thick, then cut out into desired shapes.
5. Bake for about 10 minutes.
6. Let cookies cool and decorate with royal icing, candies, dried fruit, nuts, etc.

Attribution

Posted by Tiffany at Recipe Goldmine 11/28/2001 8:39 am.